(archaic, historical) shell money used by Native American peoples of California
archdukedom
archdukedom
noun
The territory or dignity of an archduke or archduchess; an archduchy.
archikaryon
archmockery
bathukolpic
bathukolpic
adj
(rare) Deep-bosomed.
blackthorns
blackthorns
noun
plural of blackthorn
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
blockheaded
blockheaded
adj
Resembling a blockhead; stupid
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blockhead
cchaddoorck
chalkboards
chalkboards
noun
plural of chalkboard
chalkotheke
chalkworker
chariotlike
chariotlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a chariot.
charnockite
charnockite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthopyroxene-bearing quartz-feldspar rock.
cheektowaga
chockablock
chockablock
adj
(by extension) Jammed tightly together, jam-packed; very crowded; completely filled or stuffed.
(nautical, of a ship's hoisting tackle) Having the blocks drawn close together so no further movement is possible, as when the tackle is hauled to the utmost.
adv
In a crowded manner; as completely or closely as possible.
clothmaking
clothmaking
noun
The art or trade of a clothmaker.
coachmaking
coachmaking
noun
The manufacture of coaches (vehicles).
cockchafers
cockchafers
noun
plural of cockchafer
cockroaches
cockroaches
noun
plural of cockroach
couchmaking
couchmaking
noun
The manufacture of couches.
crookheaded
crosshackle
gerlachovka
gulfhammock
hammerlocks
hammerlocks
noun
plural of hammerlock
hammocklike
hammocklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hammock.
hopsackings
hopsackings
noun
plural of hopsacking
horsebacker
horsebacker
noun
One who rides on horseback.
hydrocracks
hydrocracks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hydrocrack
hypokalemic
hypokalemic
adj
Having a low percentage of potassium in one's blood.
johnnycakes
johnnycakes
noun
plural of johnnycake
karyochrome
karyochrome
noun
(cytology, dated) A type of neuron that has a nucleus that stains intensely
katamorphic
kawchodinne
kinorhyncha
kochliarion
kochliarion
noun
(historical) A kind of spoon used for eating in the Early Byzantine period.
koilonychia
koilonychia
noun
A deformity of the nails characterized by concavity of the outer surface
kwangchowan
kymographic
kymographic
adj
Of or pertaining to a kymograph.
lobachevsky
microphakia
microphakia
noun
Abnormal small size of the lens of the eye.
monarchlike
monarchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a monarch.
nonchokable
nonchokable
adj
On which a person cannot choke.
That cannot become choked or blocked up.
patchworked
patchworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patchwork
rockhampton
rockhampton
Proper noun
A village in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.
Proper noun
A regional city of Queensland, Australia.
rockhearted
sackclothed
sackclothed
adj
Dressed in sackcloth.
scholarlike
scholarlike
adj
scholarly
adv
in a scholarly fashion
schwarzkopf
scratchwork
scratchwork
noun
The first layer of plaster to be applied in plasterwork.
shacklebone
shammocking
shcherbakov
shockheaded
shockheaded
adj
Alternative form of shock-headed
smokechaser
smokechaser
noun
A person employed to locate and extinguish a wildfire.
stackhousia
starchworks
stockfather
stockhausen
tchaikovsky
tchaikovsky
Proper noun
definition usually applying to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
tunkhannock
tunkhannock
Proper noun
a borough in Pennsylvania, USA
unshockable
unshockable
adj
Incapable of being shocked (scandalised or appalled).
weathercock
weathercock
noun
(chiefly Canada, US) A kind of wind pump whose top behaves like a weather vane, moving with the wind direction, but which also has a wheel attached to measure wind speed.
(figuratively) One who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person.
A weather vane, sometimes in the form of a cockerel.
verb
(intransitive, of a boat) To turn upwind because of the difference in water pressure on two sides.
(intransitive, of an airplane or missile) To veer into the direction of the oncoming (relative) wind.
